...does that not tell you that grief is like life and that there is always somethings unknown beyond it?

You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.

Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, "Vengeance is mine." [...] He believes in you.

I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.

How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!

In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God

It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.